Farm gate



Aug. 3 1926.

M. P. MIGHELL FARM GATE Fq led Oct. 20, 1922 Patented Aug. 3, 1926.

MONTRAVILLE r. MIGI-IELL, on NEW YORK, NJY. I

FARM GATE.

Application filed October 20, 1922. Serial No. 595,713.

This invention relates to improvements'in farm gates and its purpose is to provide an improved gate particularly adapted for use on the farm to permit wagons and other vehicles to pass through the gate opening and having also embodied therein a smaller'gate adapted to permit the passage of pedestrians, horsemen, and the like. An im ortant object of the invention is to provi e a gate of simple and rugged construction which may be readilymounted in placeand which will maintain its proper balanced po-' sition after long continued use. A further important object is toprovide an improved means of mounting the gate on its support so that the sagging of the gate is prevented and a freeswinging movement thereof permitted at alltimes.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear more fully from the following specification taken with the accompanying drawings in which one embodiment is illustrated. y

In the drawings Fig. 1 shows a side elevation of a section of a fence having the im-' proved gate embodied therein, a portion of the fence being broken away. Fig. 2 shows a detailed sectional view on the line 2-2of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 3 shows a vertical section through the cup-shaped member which supports the post at the pivotal end of the gate. Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of a slidable member by which the smaller gate is secured in its normal position. Fig. '5 is a perspective view showing the spring latch member by which the large gate is secured in its closed position, and Fig. 6 isa detailed sectional View on the line 6 6 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows.

As illustrated in the drawings a farm gate 10, having a small gate 11 embodied therein, is shown closing the gate opening which is formed in a woven wire fence 12. The gatewhich are connected by the vertical posts or frame members 16, 17, 18 and 19. All of these frame members are preferably in the form of iron or steel rods or pipes and they are connected together by suitable T-connections 20, cross-couplings 21 and elbows 22 as shown inthe drawing. A sheet of woven wire netting 25 extends between the lower frame member 13 and the upper horizontal frame member 14 and between the vertical frame members 17 and 19, being secured to the frame members by any suitable fastening means. Y

The small gate 11 comprises a lower hori' zontal frame member 28, an upper horizontal frame member 29,, an upper archshaped frame member 30 and a pair of vertical side frame members 31 which are secured together by T-connections and elbows, as 1n the construction of thelarger gate. The

small gate 11 is supported on the vertical frame member 16 at the large end of the gate 10 by means of clamping devices 33, having the form shown particularly in Fig. 6, where the device is illustrated as comprising a pair of clamping plates 33 secured together by a cap screw 34. The ends of theplates 33 are provided with recesses which are adapted to receivethe frame members 16 and 31 and whenthe clamping devices are applied as shown in Fig. 1, the upper device 33 is adapted to rest on a fixed collar 35 which is secured to the post 16; Each clamping device is adapted to form a rigid connection with one of the frame members while permitting a free turning movement of the other frame member to which it is connected and it is preferred to have the clamping devices rigidly engage the post 31 while having a free turning movement on the post 16. g The T-connection at the end of the cross member 29 of the small gate is adapted to rest on the upper side ofthe upper clamping device 33 so that the small gate is supported on the clamping members without depending carries a pair of projecting flanges 10 which are adapted to pass on opposite sides of the vertical frame member 31 of the small gate and also on opposite sides of the vertical frame member 17ofthe large gate.

Instead of employing the usual hinges for connecting the large gate to its support, an improved construction has been provided comprising a metal bearing member 15 of cup-shaped form which is adapted to be sup ported near the base of the fence post 4: adjacent to the large end of the gate. In

practicethe base of the post 16 aswell as .the bearing member are preferably em-' bedded in concrete 47. The bearing member is adapted to receive the'lower extremity of the frame member 16 at the large end of the gate 10, which extremity may be of rounded or spherical form in order to provide a smooth bearing during'theturning of the gate. a gate a post-16 engages an eye-bolt 48 which extends through the post a6 and is secured.

in position by a nut 49, the post 16 being permltted to turn freely within the'ey'e-bolt while the weight of .the gate is supported firmly by "the bearing member 45 atthe bottom of thepost. A collar 50 havingahook 51 carried thereby is rotatively mounted on the upper extremity of the post 16 above the T-connection by which this frame member is connected to the upper inclined frame member 15. A tie-rod 52 is connected ,at one end tothehook 51and at its other end to the base of the next adjacent post 53 in the fence12 so that the weight, of the gate 10 is supported in part by this tie-rod. A turnbuckle '54 is preferably provided for connesting the two sections of the tie-rod 52 so that the effective length of the rod may be adjusted to regulate the position of the frame member 16 in its bearings, and thereby insure afree swinging movement of the gate. The gate is adapted to be secured in its closed position by means of a latch 'mei .ber 55 which is secured to the fence post56 adjacenteto thesmall end of, the gate by means of a bolt 57. This latch member carries parallel flanges 58 at its upper end which are adapted to pass on opposite sides of the vertical frame member 19 of the gate,

and one of these flanges is preferably pro-- vided with a projecting flange 5,9 which may be engaged by th-eoperator to pushthe latch member toward, the post and thereby release the gate.

The improved trussed. construction of the gate is adapted to maintain theframe ofthe gate in'its original form without sagging and the free movement of the gate is further 'insuredby the improved method of mountingit'without the use of the usual hinges, since .the weight of the gate is supported chiefly by the thrustbearing at the lower end of the frame memberJlG while the .ten-

dency of the gate to tilt away from thepost 4:6 is restriote'd'eifectively by the tie-rod 52 connected to the nextpost of the fence. The strain of supporting the gate is; thus distributed between two posts of the fence and the turning moment exerted by the gate is applied chiefly to the base portion of the "post 53 so that there is substantially no tendency for either of the posts 46 or 53 to i become tilted in the direction of'the gate Near the upper'part of the bearing and said post.

opening. In addition to these important tration it will be understoodrtha't the vention may take various other'form's with} out departing from the scope of the appended claims.

mam r I 11A gate comprising rigidly inter-con nected horizontal and vertical frame members, and means for rotatably supportingone of the end vertical members of the gate ad- 'jacent a fence post for maintaining the'ga-t'e' in operative position, said supporting means comprising "a fixed member, engaging the lower portion of said vertical member, and.

I anchoring means independentlof said post inv connection with the upperp'orti'on of said vert cal member. i

2. A gate comprising bers, one of the end vertical members being extended below and above saidhorizontal members, and means for rotatabl'y'support rigidly interco'n} nect ed horlzontal and vertical"framemem mg each end of said extended vertioalmenr, 5

ber adjacent a fence post for maintaining'the gate in operative position, saidfsupportiiigmeans each including ground engaging means independent or each other ai'idi oi'ithe post;

3. gate comprising rigidly ,ill'l t el'icbh f nected horlzontal and vertical frame 'meinbers, one of, the endverticalmember's being extended below the bottom hori'z'ontal1nem her, and means for rotatabl'y supporting said extended vertical member adjacenta fence post for maintainingthe gate-in operative, position, said supporting means comprising 7 a step bearing for the foot of saidendverti cal' member, a member vertically spaced from saidbearing and engaging said end vertical member, and ground engaging means in connection witlnsaid vertically spaced member and independent. of' 'sai'd 7 4. A gate cpmprismg rigidly i iterco n-ji nected horizontal andjvertical frame members, one of the endfvertical members bee ing extended upwardly and downwardly be I yond said horizontalmembers, means for rotatably supporting each endof said extended vertical member. adjacent a fence post for mamtaimng the gate noperative pos1t1on,

said supporting means comprising a step bearing for the foot of said extended fmems ber,a swivel memberat the, top of said,

extended member, a'itie, member connected].

at its one end to 'said swivelf memberiand to tical member below said swivel member.

5. A gate comprising rigidly interconnected horizontal and vertical frame members, means for rotatably supporting one of the end vertical members for maintaining the gate in operative position, and an auxiliary gate disposed Within the main gate adjacent said end vertical member and pivoted to the latter.

6. A gate comprising rigidly interconnected horizontal and vertical frame members, and means for rotatably supporting one of the end vertical members of the gate adj acent a fence post for maintaining the gate in operative position, said supporting means comprising a fixed member engaging the lower portion of said vertical member, anchoring means independent of said post in connection With the upperportion of said vertical member, and an auxiliary gate disposed Within the main gate adjacent said end vertical member and pivotally connected to the latter.

7. A gate comprising a horizontal bottom member and inclined top member and vertical members rigidly connecting the ends of said longitudinal and inclined members, the longer of said vertical members being rotatably supported for maintaining the gate in operative position, and an auxiliary gate disposed Within the main gate adjacent said last named vertical member and pivoted thereto.

MONTRAVILLE P. MIGHELL. 

